The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations (J-B Warren Bennis Series)

419 Pages·1995·1.62 MB·English

by  Ronald E. Riggio

The Art of Followership
HOW GREAT FOLLOWE RS
CR EAT E GREAT LEADERS AND
ORGANIZATI ONS
Editors
Ronald E. Riggio
Ira Chaleff
Jean Lipman-
Blumen
Foreword by
James MacGregor Burns
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The Art of Followership
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A W A R R E N B E N N I S B O O K
This collection of books is devoted exclusively to new and
exemplary contributions to management thought and practice.
The books in this series are addressed to thoughtful leaders,
executives, and managers of all organizations who are struggling
with and committed to responsible change. My hope and goal is
to spark new intellectual capital by sharing ideas positioned
at an angle to conventional thought—in short, to publish books
that disturb the present in the service of a better future.
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Mitroff, Denton A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America
Schein The Corporate Culture Survival Guide
Sample The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership
Lawrence, Nohria Driven
Cloke, Goldsmith The End of Management and the Rise of
Organizational Democracy
Glen Leading Geeks
Cloke, Goldsmith The Art of Waking People Up
George Authentic Leadership
Kohlrieser Hostage at the Table
Rhode Moral Leadership
George True North
Townsend Up the Organization
Kellerman/Rhode Women and Leadership
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The Art of Followership
HOW GREAT FOLLOWE RS
CR EAT E GREAT LEADERS AND
ORGANIZATI ONS
Editors
Ronald E. Riggio
Ira Chaleff
Jean Lipman-
Blumen
Foreword by
James MacGregor Burns
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The art of followership : how great followers create great leaders and organizations / Ronald E. Riggio,
Ira Chaleff, Jean Lipman-Blumen, editors; foreword by James MacGregor Burns.
p. cm.—(The Warren Bennis signature series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7879-9665-9 (cloth)
1. Leadership. 2. Organizational behavior. I. Riggio, Ronald E. II. Chaleff, Ira. III. Lipman-Blumen,
Jean.
HD57.7.A78 2008
658.4´092—dc22
2007035505
Printed in the United States of America
first edition
HB Printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
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C O N T E N T S
Foreword xi
James MacGregor Burns
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Contributors xv
Introduction xxiii
Warren Bennis
PART ONE Defi ning and Redefi ning Followership
ONE Rethinking Followership 5
Robert E. Kelley
TWO Leadership: A Partnership in Reciprocal Following 17
James Maroosis
THREE Three Perspectives on Followership 25
Jon P. Howell and María J. Méndez
FOUR A New Leadership-Followership Paradigm 41
Ernest L. Stech
FIVE Followership: An Outmoded Concept 53
Joseph Rost
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